Undergarment.



r PATBNTBD JUNE l26, 1906. A (LA. PUWBLL. f UNDERGARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED I'BB.18. 1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT oEEroE.

UNDERGARMENT.

Nasa-1,140.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented .Tune 26, 1906.

Application filed February 18, 1905. Serial No. 246,226.

To all wiz/0m, if may concern:

Beit known that I, CHARLES A. POWELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at VVhitesboro, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Under arments, of which the following is a spec' cation, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawi gs.

My invention relates to certain improvements in garments; and I declare that' the following 1s afull, clear, concise, and exact description thereof suflicientto enable one skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had ,to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters and numerals refer to like parts throughout.

The garment may be made of a tubular web or of flat cloth folded to the proper width.

Figure 1 is a plan view of such tubular or folded piece. Fig. 2 shows a flat or singleply piece folded to permit cutting of several garments at once. Fig. 3 shows the form and fold of the blank when cut, being a back view; and Fig. 4 is a front view of the gar- Inent substantially complete with pocket.

A is a tubular web of cloth having the folded outer edges a a.-

B shows a flat or single-ply piece folded* preparatory to being cut according to the pattern in the same way in which the tubular piece is to be cut, the piece being folded to present the lines equally distant as the lines a a in the tubular piece. The cutting is done in the same wayin either case. In the first case the line a a, is the medial vertical line ofthe garment, and in the latter the line b b is such.

' C represents the pattern, which is to be laid on the material with its straight edge coincident with line a a or line b b in case the garment is cut out of cloth folded as shown in Fig. 2. The cloth is cut'out on the line c c. The pattern (and the piece cut out) show on one face one half of the front part of the garment and the corresponding or connected half of the rear part. This operation cuts out the blank for a single garment from a tubular piece or a number of blanks when cut from a folded piece, according to the number of folds. The pattern is then laid in reverse position, as at C', Fig. 1, and the cloth is cut on the line c c. This operation of cutting blanks from the tubular piece or from Vthe folded piece leaves but small portions of the cloth between c c and c c', the next cutting operation utilizing the small corner- .pieces which remain after the first cut, and the small pieces d may be used for gussets or pockets.

The dotted lines in Fig. 1 show the complete outline of the blanks after being cut and unfolded. The blank," it will be seen, is widest at point 1, that half being wider than the other, so that when the blank is folded one end on the other, as in Fig. 3, the front of the garment is materially wider than the back at about 2 2. n

The edges are stitched in side seams, the sleeves being inserted on the seam-line, and all the necessary fullness is thrown into the front of the garment and at such parts thereof as required, as shown in Fig. 4.

It is thus seen that I have provided a garment cut with the greatest possible economy of material and also of time, since a number can be cut at a single operation. By my invention the garment at the same time, without any additional labor or cost over the ordinary garment, is given the essential fullness in the front.

In the front I prefer to put a pocket D by cutting opening d and fastening the blank d on the inside of the front in the lines of stitchin shown, which provides a neat, serviceab e, and inexpensive receptacle.

The garment is completed and finished in any suitable manner.

I-Iaving described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is.-,

A garment comprising the blank cut from a single piece and forming the shoulder and front and rear body portions of the garment, the chest portion of the blank being of greater width than the corresponding back portion, the longitudinal edges of the blank on curved lines bulging out at the chest portion 'and correspondingly concaving at the back portion, said edges of the front and backportion being united by vertical side seams to form a loose fullness at the breast or chest portion of the garment, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES A. POWELL. Witnesses:

PEARL M. VAN ATTA, W. MARTIN;

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